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Brenton Scott made one of two free throws with 0.8 seconds left and finished with 25 points to help Indiana State upset No. 16 Butler, 72-71, on Wednesday night at Terre Haute, Ind.
Matt Van Scyoc scored 23 points and had six three-pointers, both...

The Clippers improved their NBA-best record to 9-1 with a 119-105 victory over the Timberwolves in Minnesota.
Here are five takeaways from the game:
1) With 5:15 left in the game Saturday night, Blake Griffin made one of two free throws to put...

Playing nine games in 14 days presumably is a taxing ordeal, but these Clippers are pushing through all the boundaries in front of them.
They ignored their weary bodies to pull out a 119-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday night at the...

Magic Johnson stunned the world 25 years ago today when he announced he was HIV positive. In a piece on his website today, Johnson writes: "Today is a celebration of life, a celebration of what some people thought was a death sentence 25 years ago....

The apparent inevitability of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ meeting the Golden State Warriors in a third consecutive NBA Finals is more likely than the legendary Lakers-Celtics matchups at the height of the Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry.
“There’s not too...

Luke Walton has always been one to pass the ball, even in his days on the blacktop as an 8-year-old at St. Vincent de Paul School.
He grew up in San Diego, son of an NBA champion, and learned early the key part to succeeding in pro basketball. His...

The secret to the Golden State Warriors’ phenomenal success lies in point guard Stephen Curry. At least that’s the conventional wisdom. He made 402 three-point shots in the 2015-16 NBA regular season, breaking his own record of 286, set the year before,...

Gary Payton doesn't think Stephen Curry should have been the first unanimous NBA MVP.
The basketball Hall of Famer said in a recent interview with Sports Illustrated and SiriusXM he believes a number of former players were worthy of all the first-place...

The Indiana Pacers promoted assistant Nate McMillan to head coach, ending the search for Frank Vogel's replacement after less than two weeks.
McMillan spent 12 seasons as head coach in Seattle and Portland, going 478-452 in the regular season and 14-20...

Published in Los Angeles Times on May 17, 2016 — Print headline: "Former Laker McMillian dies"

Larry Bird has never cared about popularity contests. All he ever wanted to do was win.
So on Thursday, the Indiana Pacers' president of basketball operations announced he would not re-sign Frank Vogel to a new contract despite five trips to the...

Published in Los Angeles Times on May 06, 2016 — Print headline: "Pacers will seek a new head coach - The day in sports"

Television news crews descended upon Marina High School in Huntington Beach that spring morning. A helicopter flew overhead.
The previous day, a young Kobe Bryant had announced his engagement to a woman he declined to identify. Word quickly leaked it was...

Published in Los Angeles Times on April 17, 2016 — Print headline: "Standing by her man - Through Kobe Bryant's sexual-assault case, reports of divorce and reconciliation (and a $4-million diamond ring), Vanessa Bryant remains a polarizing figure"

Kobe Bryant logged more than 1,500 games with the Lakers in his 20 seasons and he played for eight head coaches —some for only a few months, one for more than a decade. The Times asked each of them to offer their thoughts on Bryant and his impact on the...

Published in Los Angeles Times on April 17, 2016 — Print headline: "That'll team him"

The barman's tipped. There they are.
David Barrett decides he's going to take his shot in this Midwestern bar.
It is a moment, Barrett, a songwriter from Michigan later recalls, that led to his masterpiece. Barrett is the creator of "One Shining...

Published in Los Angeles Times on April 04, 2016 — Print headline: "Shine hasn't come off his moment - Songwriter Barrett's indelible creation `One Shining Moment' is set to conquer cable."

Doc Rivers has been back to Boston twice already as coach of the Clippers, memorably tearing up as he spoke about the reception he received upon his initial return in December 2013.
Going back to TD Garden has become even more routine for Paul Pierce,...

Published in Los Angeles Times on February 10, 2016 — Print headline: "Hub of emotion for Rivers, Pierce - CLIPPERS REPORT"

There was a very important game for Lakers fans over the weekend.
Oklahoma City vs. Golden State? No.
Lakers vs. San Antonio? Getting closer.
The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets in a showdown of two fellow cellar-dwellers, a game with lottery...

Published in Los Angeles Times on February 08, 2016 — Print headline: "Lottery chances currently at 19.9% - LAKERS REPORT"

Stephen Curry's greatness as a basketball player can be measured by his record-setting shooting numbers that are changing the game.
His immense popularity derives from something less tangible.
While many NBA greats rely on uncommon height and athletic...

On the night Kobe Bryant announced that he will be retiring at the end of the season, Lakers center Roy Hibbert was having his own special moment.
But Hibbert playing against his former Indiana Pacers team Sunday night at Staples Center did nothing to...

Published in Los Angeles Times on November 30, 2015 — Print headline: "Hibbert's reunion left in Bryant's shadow The Lakers center has eight points in his first game against his former Pacers team. INDIANA 107 LAKERS 103"

This will be the easy game for Roy Hibbert, the one in which he sees former teammates without having to return to the state of Indiana.The Lakers play host to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, setting up a training-wheels experience for Hibbert of...

Perhaps the P in "Swaggy P" meant perplexing.
Or perfunctory, as in the low minutes Nick Young was logging this season (18.2 a game before Tuesday).
The Lakers forward had been less lofty than loquacious, more erased than effusive as his...

Published in Los Angeles Times on November 11, 2015 — Print headline: "Young seems like his old self - LAKERS REPORT"

Roy Hibbert kept experiencing the same thing in Los Angeles, where fame is measured in box-office promise and reality-TV ridicule.
He was reminded of his almost-famous stature whenever he arrived at high-end restaurants with paparazzi lingering near...